Acne Treatment
Acne is a major problem for all ages and can be treated safely and effectively with the combination of chemical peels and skin care.
First, your Flawless Face and Body Specialist will evaluate the stage of acne and determine if the symptoms are hormonal or the results of excessive sebum and blocked pores.
If the acne is determined to be hormonal, your Flawless Face & Body specialist will refer you to a private dermatologist who can treat this type of acne with medication.
If your acne is due to clogged pores and excessive sebum, a treatment program will be developed for you that will include skin care and chemical peels. The chemical peel (glycolic, salicylic, or TCA acids) will dislodge the epidermal cells preventing a build up of sebum in the hair follicle causing acne and blackheads to form. Home care products with high concentration of Glycolic and Salicylic acid will continue to keep the hair follicle free of cellular build-up and reduced sebum production. Continued treatments of peels and home care will effectively control stage 1 to 3 acne.
What is the price for chemical peels?
Prices for chemical peel starts from £60/treatment
Is a chemical peel procedure painful?
There is minor discomfort but chemical peel procedures takes only minutes to perform.
How long will it take to see results from a Chemical Peel Procedure?
Results can be seen within weeks depending on the severity of your acne.
Anatomy of Acne
The birthplace of a whitehead is the pore around a hair follicle. Cells from the lining of the hair follicle are shed and clump together blocking the sebum, (which normally lubricates the skin), from exiting the pore to the skin surface. When sebum is blocked in the pore but is exposed to air, a "blackhead" forms.
The main components of a whitehead are the hair follicle where dead cells accumulate, the sebaceous gland, which makes oil or sebum, and the skin surface…where the effects of what is happening under the surface…are visible to you.
When the outlet for the hair follicle is closed, the sebum and dead skin cells begin to build. Bacteria that normally live on the surface of the skin also mix with the dead skin cells and sebum causing infection.
You see this infection as swelling, redness and pus. And while you may feel like what you see on the surface is unsightly, the real damage can be happening underneath.
When you squeeze an infected pimple, you create pressure that can spread the infection.
The infection spreads above the skin, but also deep inside the pore. This enlarges and spreads the infection, and can cause or increase scarring.
When the damage is severe enough, scar tissue forms, which appears as a depression, or "pit" in the skin surface.
Scarring is the long-term effect of acne and may look like an uneven skin surface, or in some skin tones, discoloration.
